Charges for services - small business

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Is there an average rate for services when dealing with small businesses? Do
they want per job rates or a per hour rates? Both seem to have their pluses
and minus. Because the small business has a limited budget, how do they
handle unforseen problems that increase time and materials.
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SteveVA
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Re: Charges for services - small business by Cris

Cris
Mon May 01 14:31:07 CDT 2006

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This newsgroup is for the peer to peer support of Microsoft's Small =
Business Server 2000 product.

I would suggest you check in your area for groups which do peer to peer =
support of small businesses

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Re: Charges for services - small business by John

John
Mon May 01 19:23:53 CDT 2006

As Cris suggested, I would contact Microsoft Certified Partners in your area
for there current rates. You can go to www.microsoft.com to search for
Partners in your area.

BTW: Most Partners, such as myself, charge by the hour with a minimum
billing rate. Some Partners will also offer a Block of hours you can use
over a period of time which in most cases is less expensive than the
standard hourly rate.

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John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2006
Microsoft Certified Partner

"SteveVA" <SteveVA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1305085-8047-42CB-B77E-1DA98AF7721D@microsoft.com...
> Is there an average rate for services when dealing with small businesses?
> Do
> they want per job rates or a per hour rates? Both seem to have their
> pluses
> and minus. Because the small business has a limited budget, how do they
> handle unforseen problems that increase time and materials.
> --
> SteveVA


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